Kodak Alaris has announced a major refresh across its portfolio of document scanners. Upgrades to the KODAK S2085f Scanner, the S3000 Series and the S3000 Max Series Scanners provide an expanded range of flexible options designed to meet evolving customer needs and FADGI compliance requirements for government records.

These upgraded scanners provide exceptional speed and accuracy along with unmatched flexibility to deliver seamless and versatile workflow automation in any business context. Building on a legacy of industry-leading image quality, these scanners offer several image processing modes that are unique in the scanner market.

To get the most value from each scanner, users can easily switch between imaging modes to optimize scanning operations for their specific workflows. Host image processing optimizes scanning speed by leveraging the resources of an attached PC, while onboard image processing reduces demands on the PC to free resources for other operations while scanning. Host image processing mode is often preferred in high-volume production scanning environments where speed is paramount. The new models also support the standards and requirements of the U.S. Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) out of the box, and they provide a simple switch to enable FADGI processing mode when necessary.

Kodak Alaris offers the broadest range of FADGI scanners on the market, helping organizations ensure their digital submissions to U.S. government agencies comply with the recently updated FADGI requirements for image quality. These new FADGI-compliant scanners build on the success of the KODAK i5250 and i5850 A3 high-volume production scanner bundles. The new FADGI mode switch makes it easy to produce FADGI-compliant images when necessary and turn it off for normal document scanning.

"These best-in-class scanners out for their superior image quality and versatile media handling capabilities," said Megan Bevilacqua, senior product manager, Kodak Alaris. "We continue to invest in our product lines to ensure we add value and address the changing needs of our customers in a world where paper-based and native digital data coexist, helping them to make sense of their information.

"This latest refresh builds on our long history of leadership in the document capture space and further expands our value to customers who need to produce FADGI-compliant records for permanent archiving," Bevilacqua continued. "We now have the broadest FADGI portfolio in the market, and even though FADGI compliance is currently a U.S. initiative, other countries have started to implement similar standards for permanent document archives, and Kodak Alaris is well positioned to support those customers worldwide."

The FADGI Accessory bundle includes on-site service, installation and training, and additional preventative maintenance alongside the Digital Imaging Conformance Evaluation (DICE) target, which provides the measurement and monitoring part of FADGI compliance.